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> "So, they want to encourage ride-sharing in the original meaning - carpooling. Not the "taxi company in disguise" meaning. Sounds fair enough to me." > I'm n
by daenney 10y ago
> "So, they want to encourage ride-sharing in the original meaning - carpooling. Not the "taxi company in disguise" meaning. Sounds fair enough to me."
> I'm not necessarily a fan of Uber, but this is ridiculous.
> If 'taxis' are legal in Sweden then there's no reason Uber should not be able to operate so long as they are obeying the laws.
I think you've misunderstood what was said in the original article. This doesn't make Uber illegal at all in Sweden, they can continue providing taxi services like they have done. However, it makes the ride-sharing part of it, UberPOP for example, illegal. I.e if you want to ride share then that's fine, but you shouldn't be compensated for it. Bringing it back to the original concept of carpooling.
However, Uber Black or UberX would be, from my understanding of it, perfectly fine and they can continue to offer those services.
- marcoperaza 10y agoYou are mistaken. UberPOP is already not operational in Sweden. UberX is what's being targeted.
- daenney 10y agoI don't believe so. UberX is not ridesharing, UberPOP is. Also, if I am mistaken, please point me to the source in the article that actually states that they're targeting UberX. The article explicitly mentions UberPOP, if it would affect X I'm fairly certain they would've mentioned that along the way. The fact that POP is not operational in Sweden at all doesn't mean it automatically targets X. UberPOP is just the ride sharing service most people are familiar with so it makes sense for Reuters to use that as an example, as well as add to the appeal of their article. There are however other companies that do provide for-profit ride sharing services in Stockholm. This just means that there's now going to be a law that prohibits UberPOP and similar for-profit ride sharing services entirely, regardless of if they already operate or not. As also noted by Uber itself, X is not ridesharing. UberX is the most popular private car service that Uber has to offer. It's commonly referred to as the "low-cost option" for riders, it allows you to quickly arrive at your destination without breaking the bank. To contrast with UberPOP With UberPOP, you can share your UberX and split the fare with multiple users. That's ride sharing.
- endless1234 10y agoUberPOP is what we have in Helsinki. You're able to split the fare with multiple users, whom you know, going the same route as you are. Imho actual ride sharing would be the "taxi" picking up random other people along the way and then the service billing everybody fairly in the end. With UberPOP fare splitting is just a convenience feature of the service, i.e. "instead of you giving me that 5 euro note for your share of this taxi ride, let's do it automatically". Maybe pop works differently in places which have both it and X though. Those descriptions certainly make it seem like that.